Author: Henry James
Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini
Unabridged: 2 hr 3 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Reluctant Poet, Inc.
Published: 01/21/2025
One of the most important nineteenth-century American writers, Henry James explored the minds of his characters at home and abroad in ways previously unseen in literature.
Called “in a class by himself” by Oprah Daily, and “a master in his field” by The New York Times, Edoardo Ballerini is an award-winning and celebrated narrator of audiobooks.
I found this tedious, repetitive, predictable, poorly paced, and insubstantial. The language is good and I’m interested in Henry James’ fixation on the limitations of womanhood in the society he lived in, but I think the stakes of this one are outdated. Everyone was annoying and unsympathetic. Loved......more
Customs of different countries and people seem of little importance today to many, we are basically the same , underneath... all humans, yet language, religion, history or even weather and geographic features divides us , what is accepted in one place is not in another: Daisy Miller, (real name Anni......more
Possible spoiler alert so be careful if you might not want to know the full plot. Book Review 4 of 5 stars to Daisy Miller by Henry James, a story about a free and unattached American girl who is spending some time in Europe after being removed from American society for some time. She unw......more
This little story catalyzed a lot of late 19th century debate about American values and European values and--particularly--the confident, un-blushing American girl who is not inclined to conform to the tastes and attitudes of the upper class people she meets as her family becomes wealthy. "Daisy Mill......more
“The story has only a small number of characters, but they are diverse, and Ballerini handles them all capably. He gives convincing voices to both the title character and her suitors…He’s equally comfortable with the haughty women at the center of the expat society in Switzerland and Rome…Somewhat scandalous in its day for its heroine’s behavior, the novella seems genteel today. Its appeal comes from its strong dialogue, which is enhanced by Ballerini’s characterizations.” AudioFile